Virginia Political Newsletter

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Ep. 3: Talking advertising in a high stakes campaign

Dec 03 2024 27 mins

I talked to Danny Kedem from DK Strategies about his time working for successful Richmond mayoral candidate Danny Avula and the process of creating ads for the campaign. We talked about his job working for Avula, how to reach voters in this evolving media landscape when many people don’t use broadcast TV, tactics on spending, responding to attacks from the Roday campaign, and a l

Special episode on RGGI

Nov 20 2024 6 mins

I talked to Nate Benforado from the Southern Environmental Law Center about his win today as the lead attorney in the case against Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the removal of Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI. We discuss what this means for Virginia, the timeline for when Virginia will reenter RGGI, what the possible appeals process will look like and more.Fo

Virginia Political Podcast Episode 2: Richmond Mayoral Race

Nov 04 2024 33 mins

This is the Virginia Scope daily newsletter covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting non-partisan, independent news and becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter today.Have a tip? You can reply to this email or reach out to me directly at [email protected] is the second episode of the Virgi

Episode 1. Spanberger and Meagher

Oct 23 2024 44 mins

In this episode, I talk to Rep. Abigail Spanberger about her decision to leave Congress and her campaign for governor. She contrasts a Spanberger administration with a Sears administration, she talks about how she would support getting Virginia back into RGGI, how she thinks Youngkin has done as governor in more. I also talk to Randolph Macon College political science professor Ric

Joe Morrissey reacts to losing in court on Thursday

Mar 24 2023 2 mins

Democratic state Sen. Joe Morrissey seems unhappy in the audio recording at the top of this newsletter. Morrissey asked me to record the phone call. The situation is still developing but on Thursday in court, the judge agreed to quash (reject) the subpoenas that Morrissey served me with in regard to his custody case. Sources say that the custody case was closed today (Friday). Morr

Sam Shirazi talks 2023 elections in Virginia

Nov 22 2022 19 mins

This is a daily newsletter covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting non-partisan, independent news and becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter today.Have a tip? You can reply to this email, or email me directly at [email protected] to my conversation with Sam Shirazi, an observer of Virg

Potential Lawsuit in SD-07 Special Election?

Nov 18 2022 11 mins

This is a daily newsletter covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting non-partisan, independent news and becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter today.Have a tip? You can reply to this email, or email me directly at [email protected] rundown* Some Democrats are considering filing a lawsuit ov

Former Nascar driver Hermie Sadler talks about his state Senate campaign

Nov 16 2022 19 mins

This is a daily newsletter covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting non-partisan, independent news and becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter today.Have a tip? You can reply to this email, or email me directly at [email protected] talked to former Nascar driver Hermie Sadler about his campai

A look forward at what the results mean for Virginia's political landscape

Nov 11 2022 21 mins

This morning I talked with Richard Meagher, a political science professor at Randolph Macon College about the midterm results and what that might mean for Virginia's political landscape moving forward. We discussed the election results, Chase v. Anderson, Youngkin v. Trump, the pushback from Earle-Sears against Trump, and abortion’s impact on races like Spanberger v. Vega. Meaghe

Listen: Youngkin and Cruz stump for Vega

Oct 25 2022 47 mins

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